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This bridge is the first bridge over the Kansas River in Topeka, Kansas Territory, was built in 1857 through the efforts of the Topeka Association. It was destroyed by wind in 1858 and took several months to rebuild. The diagram is undated.
Date: Between 1857 and 1858
Item Number: 90557
Call Number: Franklin Loomis Crane Coll. #320 Box 1 Scrapbook
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90557
Collections - Manuscript - Crane, Franklin Loomis
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Drawing, Technical
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Bridges
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